A writer inspired by nature and human nature

My Poetry

September 1, 2014: Labor Day and summer is quickly coming to a close in Central Maine. Berries have been ‘jammed’, pickles are in the making and long summer days will soon give way to crisp autumn winds, apples and toasty wood fires that warm, but don’t tan. As much as I love the four seasons, I always seem to miss summer the most! ~ Bette A. Stevens

Happy Birthday, Mama!Seven years ago today, I called Mama to wish her a Happy Birthday and, as usual, we talked for hours. It was the last birthday we got to ‘celebrate’ together. Mama left us for her heavenly home the following April and there hasn’t been a day since that I haven’t thought about her and missed her. Today would have been her 78th birthday. Mama’s strength of character, her poise, wit and unconditional love live on within all those whose lives she touched. The photograph (circa 1951) is of Mama and me and was taken in California.Happy Birthday, Mama. I miss you…

The Ice Crystal Robe

I collected word nuggets for The Ice Crystal Robe several years ago. Last week I shot the photograph for this post when one of our lilac trees was shimmering like a gemstone in winter’s early morning sunlight after a storm. ~Bette A. Stevens~

Thanks so much for the comment and the offer. I’m a newly published writer and former teacher. I love to write poetry. Poetry was a great way to get my students writing and researching in little nuggets. Please check back and thanks, again.

Hi, KidLitReviews: Wishing you Happy Holidays and wanted to let you know that I would love to have you put some of my poems on KitLitReviews… You can email me at bettestevens@tds.net if you like. THANKS! Bette A. Stevens

your words and photos take me back to when i owned some Maine acreage 30 years ago, about 50 miles south of Mt. Katahdin. a truly blessed place Maine, the evergreen and rocky shoreline, the wildlife and plantscape. wish i still had that land but i will live vicariously through your words. wonderful poems, i wanted to place ‘likes’ on the previous poems but was unable to activate a link.

so consider this a blanket like for them as well, i’ll be back to work my way through some of your older work. thank you for all your likes and follow, it means a lot to this novice.

PW is Bette… Would love to hear what you think about the story (which will be a chapter in my debut novel). I’m still working on formatting the text and the book cover. Plan to release in late June or July. Also, you can email me at bettestevens@tds.net if you need any more info. THANKS, again!

Bette, second try on writng a comment. Your Haiku is stunning, in its simplicity, which makes it easy to understand and it beauty in descriptions of the glory of the worlds around us. All your poetry has a lovely flowing meter that is both calming and enchanting. Thanks for all your help in thi sinterview endeavor and most of all for being who you are–the best possible example of a friend.

Hi, Bette, thank you for your follow and led me to find you. Finding you is a discovery of treasure. I started out as a teacher for 15 years, then went on to be school district administrator. I love reading and writing. I like all kinds of writing. I used your “I write like…” and input different text, they came out with different ID. I do put myself in different mode when I write for different contents. I follow back to read most of your post.

Hi, Brigid. Thanks for your thoughtful suggestion about greeting card. It’s something I hadn’t thought of before, so I’ve jotted that down on my to-do list–what a brilliant idea! I’ve been working (slowly) on putting a poetry collection together and I think that offering greeting cards or post cards as well would be swell. ❤ You're awesome, my friend! xoxoxo…

Thanks for stopping by for a visit, Kayla Ann and for your lovely compliment and apt question. All of these and more are published in blog posts as well. Time for me to do some housekeeping on the blog. I’m near ready to publish my first poetry book–My Maine, Haiku through the Seasons–and have another collection in the works as well. ♥ Have an amazing week!